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The Greenland Wildlife Overpass provides a safe crossing for animals such as elk, pronghorn, foxes, and coyotes, helping species move between fragmented habitats and maintain healthy populations.

Greenland Wildlife Overpass in Colorado Reconnects Habitat Across Major Highway

The EU ban on the destruction of unsold clothes levels the playing field for sustainable brands by making it illegal for competitors to destroy surplus stock rather than invest in responsible inventory practices.

EU ban on the destruction of unsold clothes marks a turning point for fashion waste

Low-carbon urban construction offers cities a way to meet rising housing demand while reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the built environment.

Low-Carbon Urban Construction Could Help Cities Solve Housing and Climate Challenges

Seaweed farms’ ocean carbon capture may help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by altering ocean chemistry and increasing seawater alkalinity.

Seaweed Farms’ Carbon Capture Capability Could Boost Ocean CO2 Storage

Battery recycling with carbon capture offers a new approach to recovering valuable battery materials while simultaneously capturing carbon dioxide during the recycling process.

New Battery Recycling with Carbon Capture Could Make Clean Energy Even Cleaner

With plastic-free alternatives already widely available on shelves, Scotland’s plastic wet wipes ban is expected to shift consumer habits and reduce the millions of pounds spent each year clearing blocked sewers.

Northern Europe

30.04.26

Scotland’s Plastic Wet Wipes Ban is a Win for Beaches, Sewers, and Wildlife

Food waste fermentation technology developed by Copenhagen-based Reduced transforms food processing byproducts into premium savory flavors, an innovation that recently closed €4 million in Series A funding to scale clean-label ingredients for major manufacturers.

Food

29.04.26

Danish Startup Scales Food Waste Fermentation Technology with €4 Million Investment

A purpose-driven climate investment model enabled Ecosia to plant 250 million native trees, including 144 endangered or vulnerable species, across 35+ countries through partnerships with 125 local reforestation organizations employing 200,000 tree planters, making the search engine the world's largest threatened-tree conservation contributor.

Business

27.04.26

Ecosia’s Purpose-Driven Climate Investment Reaches 250M Trees

Indigenous-led renewable energy projects like the Isneg community's 7.5-kilowatt micro-hydro system in Apayao, Philippines, tapped from the Matalag River (above), provide electricity for nearly 20 years while sustaining river ecosystems, demonstrating alternatives to large dams that displace communities and destroy habitats. Photo by Raymond Villanueva/Kodao courtesy of SIBAT.

Energy

22.04.26

Indigenous-led Renewable Energy Systems Protect Rights and Ecosystems

Yangtze River fishing ban recovery shows fish biomass more than doubling and species diversity increasing 13% within five years, as a comprehensive 10-year moratorium halts commercial fishing across the entire 4,000-mile river basin.

East Asia

20.04.26

China’s Decade-Long Yangtze River Fishing Ban Reverses 70 Years of Decline

Plastic pollution prevention laws are reshaping packaging and waste practices across several U.S. states, as new policies in California, Illinois, New York, Virginia, and Washington target single-use plastics such as checkout bags, foam containers, and hotel toiletries.

North America

16.04.26

Plastic Pollution Prevention Laws Expand Across Several U.S. States

Recycling glass into sand through Glass Half Full's New Orleans facility processes more than 100,000 pounds of bottles monthly, transforming wine and beer containers into material for Louisiana coastal restoration, disaster relief sandbags, and construction projects.

Circular Economy

15.04.26

Recycling Glass into Sand Helps Protect Louisiana’s Coast from Erosion

Dublin Bay oyster restoration is reviving a lost marine habitat as scientists and conservation groups reintroduce more than 18,000 European flat oysters to rebuild reefs that vanished from Ireland’s coast over two centuries ago.

Northern Europe

14.04.26

Dublin Bay Oyster Restoration Brings Native Shellfish Back After 200 Years

Regenerative agriculture in Kenya is helping smallholder farmers, such as Olivanter Mkakina on her biochar farm, restore degraded soils and improve climate resilience by adopting practices such as intercropping, agroforestry, and crop rotation.

Eastern Africa

13.04.26

Regenerative Agriculture in Kenya Boosts Yields and Restores Soil

Climate change has widened disease pressure windows in French wine regions, making a sustainable fungicide for French vineyards essential for protecting harvests as infections become more frequent and unpredictable.

Food

13.04.26

How Sustainable Fungicide for French Vineyards Could Reverse Climate-Driven Crop Losses

Cities across Ukraine are building local microgrids that combine solar, wind, gas, and storage as part of Ukraine’s renewable energy rebuild, keeping hospitals and schools running independently.

Eastern Europe

10.04.26

Ukraine’s Renewable Energy Rebuild: How a Nation is Building a Cleaner, Stronger Power Future

Floreana tortoise restoration brings 158 juvenile giant tortoises with ancestral lineage back to Galápagos Island home after a 180-year absence as part of the largest ecosystem recovery initiative ever undertaken in the archipelago.

South America

09.04.26

Floreana Tortoise Restoration Revives a Lost Giant After 180 Years in the Galápagos

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